Prevalence and Associated Factors of Dental Caries in Primary Schoolchildren: An Iranian Setting

Table 3

Results of univariate logistic regression analysis of associations by dentition type.

Variables	Primary dentition		Permanent dentition
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age (year)
7–8	1^†	—	1^†	—
9–10	0.3 (0.127–0.709)	0.006	1.8 (1.103–2.932)	0.019
11–12	0.049 (0.021–0.111)	<0.001	3.675 (2.219–6.088)	<0.001
Sex
Boy	1^†		1^†
Girl	0.84 (0.779–1.818)	0.42	1.47 (1.012–2.135)	0.04
Resident area
Urban	1^†		1^†
Rural	1.06 (0.677–1.609)	0.79	2.49 (1.676–3.706)	<0.001
Father’s occupation
Employee	1^†		1^†
Not employee	1.40 (0.906–2.183)	0.12	1.53 (1.074–2.254)	0.02
Mother’s occupation
Housewife	1^†		1^†
Not housewife	0.93 (0.509–1.733)	0.84	0.76 (0.436–1.328)	0.33
Father’s education level
Under complete high school	1^†		1^†
Complete high school	0.81 (0.490–1.349)	0.42	0.80 (0.465–1.384)	0.42
University	0.91 (0.493–1.696)	o.77	0.54 (0.326–0.924)	0.24
Mother’s education level
Under complete high school	1^†		1^†
Complete high school	0.86 (0.465–1.595)	0.63	0.96 (0.617–1.498)	0.86
University	1.04 (0.575–1.879)	0.89	0.74 (0.434–1.292)	0.29

^†Reference group.